Kane Hodder
Kane Hodder (left), 2007
Born	Kane Warren Hodder (1955-04-08) April 8, 1955 (age 57) Auburn, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/Stuntman/Author
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Susan B. Hodder

Kane Warren Hodder (born April 8, 1955)^[1] is an American actor, stuntman and author. He is best known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four films from the Friday the 13th film series (parts VII through X). He is also known for his role as Victor Crowley in Hatchet.^[2]

Career [link]

Kane Hodder is the first actor to portray Jason Voorhees more than once, in a total of four movies. He has also portrayed horror icons Leatherface in the stunts of the 1990 film Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, and a glove hinted to be Freddy Krueger's pulling Jason's mask to hell in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. He also appeared in an episode of The Arsenio Hall Show to promote Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, in costume as Jason.

Although he offered to reprise his role as Jason Voorhees in the 2003 film Freddy vs. Jason, director Ronny Yu replaced Hodder with 6'5½" Canadian stunt man Ken Kirzinger. The switch created controversy among fans of the series and has been credited to several rumors, including Kirzinger's location in Canada, and his height compared to Robert Englund, the actor who portrayed Freddy Krueger. Though Hodder still expresses resentment over not being chosen, he is still good friends with Ken Kirzinger.

Hodder stars in the slasher film Hatchet as main character Victor Crowley, a physically deformed young boy who comes back from the dead to kill the people who invade the swamp in which he lives.^[3] He portrays the character a second time in Hatchet 2.^[4]

Filmography [link]

Stunts [link]

Acting [link]

Unmasked (Novel) [link]

Hodder co-wrote a autobiography with author Mike Aloisiand. Unmasked: The True Life Story of the World's Most Prolific Cinematic Killer - Kane Hodder ^[7]. The book is about his life and experience in the film industry and was released on October 1st, 2011.

Unmasked ^[8]. documents the unlikely true story of a boy who was taunted and beaten relentlessly by bullies throughout his childhood. Kane only escaped his tormentors when he moved to a tiny island in the South Pacific where he lived for all of his teen years. After living shirtless in a jungle for a while, he headed back to America where he fell in love with doing stunts-only to have his love burn him, literally. For the first time ever, Kane tells the true story of the burn injury that nearly killed him at the start of his career. The entire story of his recovery, the emotional and physical damage it caused, his fight to break back into the industry that almost killed him, and his rise to become a film actor are told in Kane’s own voice.

Paranormal group [link]

As a side project Kane has been ghost hunting for some time now in his own group called the Hollywood Ghost Hunters. He describes it as a "group of people who normally make a living by trying to scare other people. Everybody in the group has something to do with horror movies." Hodder partnered up with his friend Rick "Stuntman" McCullum, a Hollywood stuntman and actor who doubles for horror film actors like Sid Haig. Rick decided to form a paranormal team, after he and Kane were filming at Mansfield Reformatory for a horror film called Fallen Angels. While there, they decided to spend their break ghost hunting investigating the cells. They had a ghostly experience when they saw a shadow man running down one of the cellblocks. When Kane took off in a full sprint towards it, Rick knew he had his first partner for his team. Shortly after, they took on their third member for the team: R.A. Mihailoff, known for playing the frightening lead role of "Leatherface" in Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Together the three members make up a paranormal group of members who work in the horror movie industry.

On January 7, 2011, Hollywood Ghost Hunters was featured on the Pico House episode of Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures.

Personal life [link]

Hodder was born (April 8, 1955)^[1] in Auburn, California.^[9] He and his wife Susan B. Hodder have two sons, Jace and Reed. Reed played a part in his father's film Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield, with Hodder playing the title role.

Hodder an avid poker player, often plays celebrity tournaments on Hollywood Poker ^[10] He has the word "Kill!" tattooed on the back of his bottom lip.^[11] He spends time working with children in burn centers,^[12] and despite the roles he often plays, Hodder has often been described as a very friendly man who loves to meet his fans.

A good portion of Hodder's body was severely burned in a 1980s stunt mishap; his arms and hands took the worst of it, and he normally wears gloves to hide the scars on his hands as a result.

One story that Hodder often tells takes place after he completed one night of filming Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988). He was walking back to his dressing room, which was about a quarter of a mile away. Still dressed as Jason, he cut through the woods on a path to his dressing room. As he was walking, he crossed paths with a man. The man asked Hodder if he was in the new Friday the 13th film. Hodder, thinking that was a stupid question, did not respond, considering that he was standing in front of him dressed entirely as Jason. The man asked again. Hodder lunged and grunted at the man. The man took off running and tripping. The next day, director John Buechler told Hodder that the local sheriff was going to stop by to discuss the incident with Hodder, but the sheriff never showed up.

Hodder has also been known to frequently object to some of Jason's acts in the films he starred in, most notably a scene in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, in which Jason was scripted to kick a dog, to which he insisted that Jason was not evil enough to hurt animals. He also objected to the ending of Jason Takes Manhattan, where Jason regresses to a child after exposure to toxic waste. In an interview, he claims that he researches popular serial killers as a hobby, stating that was what drew him to his roles in Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield and B.T.K.

For a long time, Hodder claimed his favorite kill scene in his films was the "sleeping bag against a tree" scene from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood. He now considers the one where he rips a woman's face in half from Hatchet (2006) to be his favorite.^[13]

Hodder is a noted Juggalo, a fan of the group Insane Clown Posse. To reflect this, he has a custom charm of the group's "hatchetman" logo holding a machete instead of a hatchet, a reference to his role as Jason.^[11]

References [link]

External links [link]

• Official website Active
• Kane Hodder at the Internet Movie Database
• Kane Hodder at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Kane Hodder at TV Tropes